Ethnography as Education, Alone and Otherwise
Ethnographic fieldwork is a unique and life-altering experience. But it is also a trying and complicated experience. Even as someone who is relatively new in the field of…
Christopher Woolgar, “The Culture of Food in England, 1200-1500” (Yale UP, 2016)
Food was central to the lives of people in England during the Middles Ages in ways different than it is today. As Christopher Woolgar reveals in his book…
Megan C. Thomas, “Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism” (U. of Minnesota Press, 2012 )
In Orientalists, Propagandists and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism (University of Minnesota Press, 2016), Megan Thomas offers a thoroughly researched and closely at… Visit…
Talking Anthropology: Podcasting and Its Potential for the Discipline (Part Two)
We’re back with another post from our friends at Teaching Culture blog! This time we explore podcasting and its potential for Anthropology. Here’s an excerpt, and be sure to…
Notes From the Field: Dwelling in the Worlds that Carry Us
After some field work in northern Canada, Marie-Pierre wrote two articles about how her field work experiences connected with imagined worlds. You should go read them, because they’re…
Can anthropology solve big problems? Imagining Margaret Mead’s response to climate change
Climate change is the nightmare that keeps me up at night. The consensus seems to be that the world will be significantly different within my children’s lifetimes. Many…
In the Journals — September 2016, part II by Aaron Seaman
And, now, part two of September’s journal posting! (Part one is here.) Medical Anthropology Quarterly “I Hope I Get Movie-star Teeth”: Doing the Exceptional Normal in Orthodontic Practice…
AAA Launches Digital Data Management Resources
As part of its commitment to promoting best practices for data management, in September 2016 the AAA published online a set of modules, Bringing Digital Data Management Training into…
Links & Contents I Liked 201
Hi all, Welcome to another link review-this time at bit more balanced between the 3 parts-so do scroll down to the end ;)!Development news: Lacking punishment for attacking…
A reader’s guide to the anthropology of ethics and morality – Part I by C. Jason Throop
Editors note: We asked several scholars which readings they would recommend to students or colleagues interested in familiarizing themselves with the anthropology of ethics and morality. This is…
CFP: The Politics of Valuation
The aim of this sub-theme is to empirically and conceptually explore the multifaceted politics of valuation, including both the politics in valuation practices as well as the role…
Apply to our Communication for Development online part-time flagship MA program!
Dear all, These are exciting times at our Communication for Development program! The autumn semester with almost 150 students across all our courses is well underway and we…
Utopias of Crime: Review of the Maurice Halbwachs Summer Institute 2016
“They say everyone’s born a hero. But if you let it, life will push you over the line until you’re the villain. Problem is, you don’t always know…
Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds (is out now)
I am happy to share this note to report that the edited collection Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds has now been published. I am the…
So, What is Anthropology Anyway?
How do you engage students who have never heard of anthropology before? In a community college one finds very few students who have already decided to be anthropology…
Talking Anthropology: Podcasting and Its Potential for the Discipline (Part Two)
By Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins In our first post, we discussed the inspiration and goals behind, as well as the cosmology around, This Anthropological Life. In this…
The SCOBY Schism
Several of us here at the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition recently had the pleasure of reviewing submissions for our annual Christine Wilson Award. Winners…
There was “no racism before Obama”. Wait, what now?
Welcome to the (sur)reality that is the American election of 2016. The latest in a series of Perplexing Statements that People Believe Despite Immeasurable Evidence to the Contrary…
In the Journals – September 2016
A new semester is upon us, and our monthly round-up, In the Journals, is here to provide our readers with some of the best articles from around academia.…
Van wie is Nederland?
Door Thijl Sunier Vorige week zondag 25 september organiseerde #ieder1 – een initiatief van acteur Nasrdin Dchar – een demonstratieve tocht in Amsterdam met als motto dat de…